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Carina is CEO of the IMEX Group with responsibility for all aspects of the business.

Having graduated from Oxford University, UK, in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1998, Carina began her career in retail and catering, in GoodBean Coffee. As Managing Director, Carina was in charge of running the business which grew to 13 stores in three years and was sold to a publicly listed company in December 2001.

An avid skier, Carina enjoyed a short break working in a ski resort in Italy, before entering the meetings industry in 2002 as the Marketing and Operations Director for IMEX in Frankfurt as part of the original launch team for the exhibition. The IMEX brand expanded into America in 2009.

Throughout her career, Carina has been an active member of the meetings industry. She was chair of the Marketing Committee for MPI’s European Meetings & Events Conference, London (2008), has served on the Board of the MPI UK Chapter, the MPI International Multicultural Committee and on PCMA’s Global and Advocacy Taskforces and EIA chair. She is currently President Elect for the SITE International Foundation.

Carina enjoys spending time with her family and is a keen climber and skier. She lives on the south coast of the UK near the IMEX Group office in Brighton.